lentisk
(lɛnˈtɪsk)
Forms: 5–7 lentiske, 7 lentick(e, 7, 9 lentisc, 8 lentisck, 7– lentisk. Also 7 in It. or Sp. form lentisco.
[ad. L. lentisc-us. Cf. F. lentisque.]
The mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus). Also attrib.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 429 Lentiskis greynes fele and ripe a slepe Thou brynge a day and nyght to hete yfere. 1562 Turner Herbal ii. 29 The rosine of y⊇ lentiske tree called mastick deserueth.. prayse. 1616 B. Jonson Devil an Ass iv. i, Oyles of Lentisco. 1624 Capt. Smith Virginia i. 2 The Lentisk that beareth Mastick. 1625–6 Purchas Pilgrims ii. 1277 The Lenticke tree..is well nigh onely proper to Sio. 1644 Evelyn Diary 30 Sept., Rosemary, lavender, lentiscs, and the like sweet shrubes. 1694 Motteux Rabelais iv. lxiii. (1737) 257 Gymnast was making Tooth-pickers with Lentisk. 1751 Sir J. Hill Mat. Med. 694 The Lentisc Wood, distill'd by the Retort, yields an acrid Phlegm in considerable Quantity. 1766 Fawkes tr. Theocritus' Idyl vii. 154 Who courteous bad us on soft beds recline Of lentisk, and young branches of the vine. 1840 Browning Sordello iv. 390, Where I set her Moorish lentisk, by the stair, To overawe the aloes. 1866 Cornh. Mag. Nov. 540 Lentisk and beach-loving myrtle, both exceeding green and bushy. 1894 P. Pinkerton Adriatica, Dream, By the lentisks of Taòrmina. |